FC EC Minutes April 13, 2015

Introduction

Meeting Date: April 13, 2015.

In Attendance: Kim, Jan, Mike, Jim, Norbert, Bobbi, Avis.

Call to Order: 4:00 p.m.

Proposed FC Agenda for April 17 meeting

Topic: Old Business

  • Academic Flowchart Revisions (Jim)
  • Faculty Forum on GE

Topic: New Business

  • Double Major Policy Concerning Upper Division Credits
    • Associate Dean (Social Sciences) Susan Brown to report
      • Results of Faculty Forum GE – Kim & Avis drafted notes

Committee chairs remaining:

  • Norbert – Curriculum Review Committee
  • Jim – re-elected – ok for Natural Sciences; Academic Policy Committee
  • Seri – Assessment Committee
  • Mitch - Program Review Committee
  • Faith – Student Success maybe Alice D?

Need chairs for the following committees:

  • Budget
  • GE
  • Student Success

Jan R: Proposed Faculty Lounge Guidelines (handout).

  • Jan will add sentence that sign-up calendar will be put on bulletin board
  • Guidelines approved and will be posted on FC website

Jim:

1) Proposed motions to be presented at Friday’s meeting, along with revised Flowcharts for Academic Policy and Curriculum Review. Jim will send Kim electronic copies in preparation for Friday’s meeting.

  • Approved by EC for motions to be put on FC Agenda for Friday, April 17, 2015

2) Do we want to support adding a representative from Graduate Council as a voting member on FC? - Pros- strengthens communication between Graduate Council and FC. - Perhaps as non-voting member. - We would have to change by-laws and charter. - Affects quorum; change to ‘voting members’.

Jim will send motion to Kim before Wednesday April 15, 2015.

3) Jim will forward Kim some items for May meeting agenda and prepare for: • First reading for Faculty Development standing committee at Friday’s meeting

Topic: Vox populi

Report: None.

Action: None.

Topic: Adjournment

Report: None.

Action: Meeting adjourned 5:15 p.m.